Has an AFL game ever ended 87-56?
It has. 87-56 has been a AFL final 9 times in 16,622 games. The first was Carlton beat University on July 4, 1914; the latest was Fremantle beat GWS on March 28, 2021.
That makes 87-56 the 43rd most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 88-56 has happened 2 times and 87-57 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 40 years, between 1975 and 2015.
Every 87-56 in AFL history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-28 | Fremantle over GWS | 2021 | |
| 2015-07-18 | West Coast over Collingwood | 2015 | |
| 1975-07-26 | St Kilda over Fitzroy | 1975 | |
| 1970-07-25 | Footscray over Geelong | 1970 | |
| 1965-05-22 | Geelong over Fitzroy | 1965 | |
| 1953-08-15 | Sydney over North Melbourne | 1953 | |
| 1945-06-09 | Footscray over Essendon | 1945 | |
| 1937-07-10 | Sydney over Carlton | 1937 | |
| 1914-07-04 | Carlton over University | 1914 |